It’s the season of the midnight hour when every witch comes true. To ensure you’re not haunted by fears of missing out we’ve found some of the spookiest Hallowe’en events in the area.
For Family Frights
Spooky Woodland Festival -A Touch of the Wild, Grammarcombe Woods, Ashcombe.
October 26, 10am-12pm or 1:30pm-3:30pm
If you go down to Grammarcombe woods you’re in for a gruesome surprise. Try your hand at apple-bobbing, broomstick crafting and marshmallow toasting. Then listen to spine-tingling tales around the campfire.
Halloween Fright Night – Shaldon Zoo
October 26-27, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Fancy dress is strongly encouraged as you take a spooky walk around the zoo to see all the animals that love to be awake after hours.
Spooky Code Cracking Trail – Canonteign Falls
October 26 – November 3
Hunt for clues as you explore the trails, lakes and play areas around Canonteign Falls. If you crack the spooky code that unlocks the safe, you win a prize.
Pumpkin carving - Powderham Castle
October 27-31, 11am-3pm
Avoid the mess at home and head to the historic Powderham Castle to carve your very own pumpkin.
DawIish Pumpkin Trail
October 2 - November 3
Pick up a trail sheet from Presents of Dawlish and find the names of all the pumpkins in shop windows around Dawlish to be in with the chance of winning a prize.
Halloween Spooky Trail – Josie’s at The Mill, Bovey Tracey
October 26 – November 3, 10am-4pm
Complete a spooky trail through the Jolly Roger showrooms. If you go on November 2, you might meet Scooby Doo.
For crafters
Halloween Glass Pumpkin Workshop – House of Marbles
October 25, 10am-5pm
Master the mystical process of glass blowing to create a glass pumpkin that will be the envy of every spirit, ghoul and fairy in town. Suitable for age 12 and over.
Halloween crafting and pumpkin soup – Proper Job, Endacott House, Chagford
October 31, 10am-1pm
Create sustainable and upcycled Halloween decorations and tuck into homemade pumpkin soup for lunch. There’s even a Halloween costume swap where you can exchange your outgrown fancy dress.
Halloween Craft Workshops - Pom Stitch Tassel Bovey Tracey
October 29-31
Get your Halloween decorations all sewn up with a range of sessions creating everything from pom pom pumpkins and macrame ghosts through to bat cushions and hedgehog door stops. Suitable for anyone age five and over.
Party time
Children’s Halloween party - The Clipper Shaldon
October 31, 4pm-6pm
Don your spookiest fancy dress for an evening of pumpkin-carving, music and fun.
Halloween party - Stokeinteignhead Village Hall
October 26 4pm-6pm
Bring your best pumpkin and your best costume to be in with the chance of winning a prize. Then join in the games, make your own Halloween decorations at the crafts table and see what you can get out of the pinata.
Halloween Kids Disco, White Hart, Moretonhampstead
October 31, 6pm
You’ll have a scream as you bop the evening away to ghostly music. Don’t forget to wear your scariest costume for the fancy dress competition.
Halloween Party, Warren Bridge Inn Dawlish Warren
October 26, 8pm
Dress to impress – or distress for the fancy dress competition and get ready to murder your favourite songs on the karaoke.
Foodie events
Spooky Chocolate Pizza Making, Lisa’s Café Ipplepen
October 26, 10am-12pm
Make a chocolate pizza and decorate it with spooky sweets, treats and sprinkles.
Halloween Workshops for Kids, Milo’s Cafe Teignmouth
October 30-31, 3pm-6pm
Make a soft toy pumpkin to keep, decorate two creepy biscuits, a bag of spooky sweets, a spellbound drink, grisly finger in a roll, ghostly sandwich.